Replacement Heifers

[jscunn]

Sydgen Black Pearl




Connealy Cool


Sydgen RockStar


Sydgen Process 4846





Opinions? Be harsh as you want, I am hard headed..

 

[True Grit Farms]

Their all nice, which one's the best? Rockstar?

 

[jscunn]

The best one is the Black Pearl, but she was purchased so she better be.. LOL.. She jumped thru the most hoops correctly.

The best heifer raised there was the Process 4846 heifer. (pictured twice). We have 2 rockstars I pictured the one that is the "worst" of the two. 12 heifers in this group all are pretty darn salty for us.

 

[gizmom]

Very nice!

Gizmom

 

[ALACOWMAN]

Good looking girls..

 

[WinterSpringsFarm]

I like the Process most, even more than the bought heifer. Nice looking heifers either way.

 

[talltimber]

I like them all. You have some dandies there. Show us some calves later.

 

[wbvs58]

How old are they JS? Have they been joined yet? All very nice the Rockstar grabs me and the Black Pearl is a lot like my BP heifer. Mine are about 16mths and I just had them ultrasound last week in calf, I'd say the ages would be similar, I'll have to post some photos of them, some similarities.

Ken

 

[jscunn]

Ken,
They are from 13 months (Process) to 15 months old (BP and Cool). AI breeding is early next month (timed) and bull turn out 2 weeks after. I was hoping someone would comment on the bull in the background.. He is a maternal brother to the Process heifer. I sure hope she takes AI, her natural service options are her sire and her maternal brother.. :shock:

 

[elkwc]

JS they are all nice. It is easy to say now but before I read the comments I liked BP and 4846 as my picks. They are all nice. The bull caught my eye but wish he was closer. Who is his sire?

 

[jscunn]

The bull is a Sydgen Liberty son.

Interesting group of heifers; daughters of
Sydgen Black Pearl (1)
Connealy Cool (1)
Sydgen Rockstar (2)
Oneills Adventure (1)
Sydgen Process 4846 (4)
Deer Valley Total Recall (1)
CF Liberty 306 (2)

Like them all alot, the 4 daughters of the Process bull are peas in pod.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

All real nice. The Black Pearl appears to be the deepest & thickest. Nice bone on her. Not as feminine fronted as I like.
The Cool heifer is more the style that I like, but would like to see more rib & depth.
The Rockstar has plenty of rib & depth. Looks good
I was going to comment that the bull in the background was really liking your Process heifer.
Nice group of heifers.

 

[jscunn]

Jeanne you see them exactly the same way I do. I certainly wish the cool was deeper as well. Really pretty fronted and moves as close to perfect as you can draw it up. Really stylish with pretty poor EPDs.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

All real nice. The Black Pearl appears to be the deepest & thickest. Nice bone on her. Not as feminine fronted as I like.
The Cool heifer is more the style that I like, but would like to see more rib & depth.
The Rockstar has plenty of rib & depth. Looks good
I was going to comment that the bull in the background was really liking your Process heifer.
Nice group of heifers.

Heck of a bull,,a meat wagon....

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Jeanne you see them exactly the same way I do. I certainly wish the cool was deeper as well. Really pretty fronted and moves as close to perfect as you can draw it up. Really stylish with pretty poor EPDs.

And I wasn't meaning the comments in a bad way. I like them all for replacements. Just being super picky. I find it easier to criticize really good cattle for people that KNOW good cattle, rather than a real POS, that you will definitely hurt the owners feelings.

 

[jscunn]

Jeanne,
I didnt take your comments in a bad way. There are what they are.. decent animals, all with faults of some sort. I have thought every years replacements are a tick better than the year before so maybe the program is moving forward. The trick now is making every one of them more consistent. This group is pretty darn consistent and we kept every heifer last year, the bottom end is this group. We had less than 33% heifers last year.

Ala Cowman,
That bull can make some steers.. He himself scanned over 7% IMF with a 16.1 sq. in ribeye at North Alabama Bull Test in 2014. Dam is the best cow on the place and it isnt close..

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

The thing we all need is to be able to criticize our own animals so that we can pick a bull to get them a tick better each year. "SEEing" faults is tough when they are your own.

 

[elkwc]

The thing we all need is to be able to criticize our own animals so that we can pick a bull to get them a tick better each year. "SEEing" faults is tough when they are your own.

ize.

I'm my cattles worst critic. I'm more critical of them than I am when appraising others. But I also realize that many times the type that works best for me doesn't work as well in another environment. I run a frame larger cow here than I would if I was running them in NE NM. But they have to have some volume and be structurally sound regardless of frame size.

 

[Lazy M]

Great looking heifers! Looks like the bull has already picked his favorite.

Seems that I remember from your other posts that you use a lot of Sydgen genetics. Is there something about their program that draws you to use them (other than the obvious fact that they have nice cattle)?

 

[jscunn]

Lazy M,
To make a long story short, a neighbor bought a bull from them in 2000. As a 2 yr old he was what I considered a model Angus bull. Dad went with him a year later picked up our first bull from there and our program really took off from there in every measurable way, fertility improved, weaning weights improved, carcass weight improved, etc.

We are south of the fescue belt, but the same cattle that thrive in fescue, thrive down here. Slick haired cattle do better down here and all they need is just some shade trees in the summer. It is becoming harder to find in popular genetics, the frame I am looking for, most of the Sydgen cattle have enough frame to suit me.

We use a lot of their genetics AI because I do get to see a lot of the bulls as yearlings and again as mature bulls so I can make my own opinion as to their strengths and weaknesses. I get the opportunity to see lots of calves out of those sires as well. I get to form my own opinion as to what I think will help our herd or maybe certain sires or lines to stay away from..